Anna de DiesbachHybrid PerpetualBotanical grouping: Chinensis'La Reine' x seedling(synonym 'Gloire de Paris')France 1858... rich pink, strongly fragrant flowers shaded with deeper pink... Recurrent flowering... if the plant is weak or not doing well, a hard cut-back may restore health. Do this when all flowering has finished in late summer or autumn...

Anna de Diesbach ('Anna von Diesbach') Hybrid Perpetual. Lacharme, 1858. Seedling of 'La Reine'. [Author cites information from different sources. The Journal des Roses says Lacharme "dedicated it to the daughter of the Countess of Diesbach, amateur rosarian of Fribourg, Switzerland."] Brilliant glossy pink... beautiful carmine pink with reflections... light crimson... produced by Mons Lacharme in 1849, he grew it for nearly ten years to study it well, he released it to commerce in November, 1858